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<strong>Mary Green, 58, joins protesters at the corner of Main Street and Peabody Place Monday, Oct. 8, to protest the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Protesters shared personal accounts of sexual assault and voiced their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

Mary Green, 58, joins protesters at the corner of Main Street and Peabody Place Monday, Oct. 8, to protest the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Protesters shared personal accounts of sexual assault and voiced their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

<strong>Diana Chabot (center) joins other protestors at the corner of Main Street and Peabody Place Monday to protest the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

Diana Chabot (center) joins other protestors at the corner of Main Street and Peabody Place Monday to protest the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

<strong>Protesters of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court hold signs depicting Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, who were among the 50-48 majority who voted in favor of Kavanaugh.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

Protesters of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court hold signs depicting Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, who were among the 50-48 majority who voted in favor of Kavanaugh. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

City of Memphis

Kavanaugh protest mirrors ongoing national debate

A group of 50 protesters and a few dissenters outside the Peabody Place office building Downtown Monday evening played out the ongoing national debate over the Senate confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. And it came with a brief tug of war over a megaphone at the rally organized by Ama Ehrmann that drew leaders of the Indivisible Memphis organization.

By October 09, 2018
Sports

Eric ‘Cowboy’ Robinson, local grassroots basketball staple, moves to heading prep school

Mid South Prep Academy started in Memphis as an effort to give local youths a second chance at reaching college. Their schedule includes a mix of prep schools and junior colleges. Mid South Prep CEO Eric “Cowboy” Robinson once ran the most successful AAU program in the Memphis area, and is now taking on the task of expanding the prep school scene in the Mid-South.

By October 09, 2018
Public Safety

FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US

Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month.

By October 09, 2018
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Comeback Coffee closing cafe

“We are not going anywhere as Comeback,” said Hayes McPherson, co-owner of the Pinch District coffee shop, which will continue producing coffee sodas and locally roasted coffee. “Things are just going to look different.”

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